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Boeing PAC-3 seeker. CreBoeing PAC-3 seeker. Credit: U.S. Army.dit: U.S. Army. Lockheed Martin has awarded Boeing an undefinitised contract action valued at about $14.7bn to increase production and supply seekers for PAC-3 Missile Segment Enhancement (MSE) interceptors. The award allows Boeing to triple seeker output under a previously announced seven-year framework agreement with the US Department of War (DoW). Discover B2B Marketing That Performs Combine business intelligence and editorial excellence to reach engaged professionals across 36 leading media platforms. Find out more The arrangement is intended to accelerate delivery of air-defence capabilities under the department’s Acquisition Transformation Strategy, according to…

WASHINGTON — Leonardo DRS has launched a new UK-based subsidiary known as DRS UK, which will begin locally producing tactical radios, the company announced Monday. “The newly purpose-built production site expands DRS’s manufacturing footprint and creates a dedicated local presence to support UK defence customers, industry partners and system integrators,” the company stated in a news release, which did not lay out further details about the facility or its planned output. The release did say the new subsidiary will help support UK requirements for counter-drone capabilities, air defense and active protection systems. It will also serve as a “strategic hub”…

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WASHINGTON — The Defense Department today announced it has selected four vendors for its directed energy pilot program — an effort aimed at expanding the “operational use” of high-energy laser (HEL) and high-powered microwave (HPM) capabilities within the homeland, according to a Pentagon release.  Ordered by fiscal 2026’s National Defense Authorization Act, the pilot program will be run by the Army-led Joint Interagency Task Force (JIATF) 401, according to the release. The four selected vendors are AeroVironment, with its Palletized HEL system; Epirus, with its Leonidas HPM system; Kord, with its Firefly HEL system; and Boeing, with its Compact Laser…

Azerbaijani news media is reporting that an Azeri company named DEFTECH (also known as “Blackyard”) announced the sale of an unspecified number of unmanned aerial systems (UAS) to Pakistan at the 6th Azerbaijan International Defence Exhibition (ADEX 2026). Specifically, Blackyard is reportedly selling its DT-001 reconnaissance/strike ‘mothership’ platform, which can deploy the company’s F-1500 and F-5000 loitering munitions, which deliver 1.5 kg and 5 kg warheads, respectively. Quwa has reached out to the founders of DEFTECH for confirmation and specific details and will update this report accordingly. While this specific news has not yet been verified outside of Azerbaijani media,…

The missile defense challenge facing the United States has changed dramatically since Lt. Gen. (ret.) Henry “Trey” Obering III led the Missile Defense Agency (MDA). Ballistic missiles remain a central threat, but today’s architecture must also contend with hypersonic weapons, maneuvering warheads and potential fractional orbital bombardment systems. Breaking Defense spoke with Obering, now a senior executive adviser with Booz Allen and a board director and proxy holder at Astroscale U.S., about the architectural challenges of missile defense in space and where on-orbit logistics fits. Breaking Defense: At MDA you focused on protecting the homeland against ballistic missiles. Looking at…

WASHINGTON — The US State Department has announced that it has approved a trio of potential foreign military sales to allies in the Middle East, including $1 billion-worth of missile guidance kits for the United Arab Emirates and hundreds of millions in repairs to Patriot systems in Kuwait. In one of three separate releases on Friday, the State Department said the possible $1 billion deal with the UAE would provide the Gulf nation with up to 10,000 Advanced Precision Kill System-II Guidance Sections — air-to-air and air-to-ground missiles — as well as several other “non-major defense equipment items” related to…

WASHINGTON — Aerospace giant Boeing has been awarded an undefinitized contract worth up to $14.7 billion to boost production of seekers for the PAC-3 Missile Segment Enhancement (MSE) interceptor, a key system used by Western allies for air defense, the company said today.  In a press release, Boeing revealed the contract was issued as a seven-year deal by Lockheed Martin, which manufactures the PAC-3. The PAC-3 MSE is a hit-to-kill interceptor launched by the Patriot air defense system to bat down threats like missiles and aircraft.  “Early investment and a relentless focus on quality and execution have positioned us to…

BELFAST — German Chancellor Friedrich Merz has announced a new round of military aid for Ukraine, valued at approximately €1 billion ($1.1 billion), to include turbojet-powered drone interceptors, standoff weapons and space-based technology. The announcement was made during a surprise visit to Kyiv on Sunday, where Merz said he refused to be intimidated by an “escalation of Russia’s war of aggression,” after Moscow destroyed a bridge in the city earlier in the day. “Significant technical breakthroughs have already been achieved in recent weeks” with regard to the interceptors “and these are now accelerating production,” Merz said during a press briefing…

A Pentagon breach that exposed sensitive personnel information for months is raising questions yet again about federal agencies’ ability to detect unauthorized access to their records.Information about roughly 3 million people was potentially exposed from October 2025 to July 16, 2026, by a breach of a file-sharing system at the Defense Manpower Data Center, which maintains personnel information used across the military and other government agencies.“Three million people may be the headline, but months of unauthorized access to highly sensitive data going undetected is the real warning,” said Nitay Milner, co-founder and CEO of data security company ORION Security.Nextgov/FCW obtained a copy of the letter,…